Chuck specializes in individual professional development and organizational consulting in the areas of sales and management. Prior to joining the University of Wisconsin, he was a marketing manager with profit and loss responsibility for 3M’s industrial electrical products division. He began his career as a market analyst at Ford Motor Co., and he was a management scientist at Honeywell. Chuck also directed the marketing and sales consulting firm West & Associates of St. Paul, Minnesota.

The University of Wisconsin has honored Chuck for 20 years of Outstanding Contribution in Management Development. He holds the top rating on the national speaker list of the American Marketing Association.

Chuck earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration with honors from the University of Michigan and his M.B.A. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.